Titulcia confictella Walker

Titulcia confictella Walker, 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 29: 811.

Chionomera quensta Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 12: 259.

Titulcia confictella Walker; Kobes, 1997: 46.

Diagnosis

The three satiny white patches are separated by narrow brown and gold zones, the central area much enlarged, almost rectangular, with its distal margin strongly curved, compressing a smaller subapical patch right into the apex.

Geographical range

Borneo, N.E. Himalaya, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Palawan (ZMUC).

Habitat preference

The type specimen was collected by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak, probably in the lowlands.

A second specimen was taken in recent surveys at 1618m on Bukit Retak in Brunei.

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